Amanda and Oliver had a small and intimate ceremony on Saturday evening that was just so lovely and full of the happiest of emotions. They asked me to document the ceremony for them and I was so honored to do so! Their venue was the perfect place for a unique ceremony complete with some adorable details.
Amanda and Oliver, thank you so much for letting me document your very touching ceremony. I wish you a lifetime of happiness together!
Venue: Rec Center Studio in Echo Park, CA.
Coordinator: Tiffany The Coordinator
Catering: Large Marge Sustainables
Loved the little touches that could be found throughout the venue. Bonus points to anyone who can guess which figurine on the tables was my favorite!
Mmmm…exposed brick walls and a cool fireplace…
Two other things I love: bow ties and succulent boutonnieres.
Love the look on Amanda’s face here when she popped out from behind the curtain to walk down the aisle with her dad. She looks so excited! Also, check out her adorable dress and awesome blue shoes. Love it.
Amanda and Oliver had several guests read aloud lines from their favorite love songs. It brought a very fun and personal element to the ceremony and got everyone involved.
A couple of weeks ago, Chris and I spent a few evenings together doing something we hadn’t done as a couple before: we made music together. We wrote and recorded a song that both of us are kinda proud of, but I’m not going to share it here because I sing on it and I am not what you would call a singer by any stretch of the imagination.
Chris, on the other hand, has a fantastic voice and his singing is actually the reason he and I met, but that is a story for another day. Anyway, our recording method is what most upstanding musicians would consider unconventional, to say the least. We didn’t use a microphone because Chris couldn’t find his (it has been years since he’s recorded anything). Luckily, we discovered that the built-in mic on my iMac worked just fine!
The funnest part was the instruments we got to use: An accordian, ukelele, acoustic guitar and a toy piano all made it into the song. It was really fun recording with my husband and I hope we do it again some day—I’ll probably just stick to playing guitar next time so that I’ll be brave enough to share the song here. 
As a wedding photographer I consider it part of my job to stay up-to-date with wedding trends. Because of this I spend quite a bit of time looking at the same resources that brides and grooms use when planning their weddings. This was one of the funnest parts for me when I was planning my own wedding, so I can’t even begin to tell you how happy I am that my job is such that I’m still allowed to do this type of thing!
The other day I came across a wedding resource site that I hadn’t seen before. Elizabeth Anne Designs is a blog, vendor directory and online community that covers just about every aspect of a wedding you can think of. They even have a “Living” section that just showcases fabulous everyday finds that have nothing to do with weddings. This is important because it is so easy to get wedding burnout when you’re in planning mode!
Yesterday Ami & Rebekah over at EAD asked me if they could use one of my photos in one of their “wedding details” features and of course I happily allowed them. When I went to visit their blog today, there was my image from Anna and Lönngren‘s wedding staring back at me. Fun!
Here’s a screenshot from their site, but do yourself a favor and go spend some time over there, especially if you’re planning a wedding!
I’m a native Southern Californian. Because I live in Los Angeles, the place where people all over the world come to follow their dreams of stardom, I am usually surrounded by transplants from other states or countries. Whenever someone around here asks me where I’m from, they are usually surprised to find that I’ve lived here my entire life. You wouldn’t think so, but it does seem rare to find natives to this area — at least in the groups of people I tend to know.
This past weekend, Chris and I had a day out with some friends: Josh, Christina and Charles. Charles is also a native Southern Californian and even grew up in the same area I did. Charles puts on slideshow performances showcasing found slides and he used to give his own special tour of Los Angeles where he equates certain parts of the city to parts of Disneyland. Trust me, it’s as interesting as it sounds. Click on his name to find out all about it.
Josh and Christina are old friends of Charles’ and Chris and I were lucky enough to tag along with them as they wandered the city. I was amazed at all of the things I did not know about this town. I was able to experience two very old Los Angeles landmarks for the first time (Clifton’s Cafeteria and Bob Baker’s Marionette Theater) and I had an absolute blast. As the title of this post implies, I was felt like I was experiencing Los Angeles again for the first time.
Luckily I remembered to bring my camera along for the journey, and here are a few of my favorites from the day.
March 10, 2009 at 10:51pm
A little over a month ago I had the pleasure of spending the afternoon with a lovely lady with a lovely name: Faith. You may remember I snapped the headshots of her husband, Jason, at the end of last year and just got around to blogging them in February. I’m that awesome. Anyway, about the time I blogged Jason’s, I made Faith’s headshots.
Obviously Faith is a gorgeous girl so my job wasn’t too difficult! I remeber the portrait session I shot of them as a couple being super easy because they were so photogenic and fun and their headshots sessions were super fun, too. Here are my three favorite shots of Faith. The first one is the shot that she ended up choosing for duplication.
I finally got a chance to sit down and edit some photos! As an example of how far behind I am, here is part two from the shoot at the Neon Boneyard in Las Vegas. You may remember Part 1. I’m going to be a woman of little words today because I want to catch up with my editing, so please enjoy the rest from this shoot!
I can’t believe I’m still blogging about Las Vegas, but I guess when you stay in that town for over a week, you end up with a lot to talk about! One particularly fun thing that I did while in Vegas was hit up an honest-to-goodness wedding chapel to take some photos of complete strangers and their quickie weddings. My friend Jenny Smith and I decided we were going to do this and spent a morning calling around to all of the different chapels until we found one that would let two crazy photographers come down to witness what it is that they do all day. It wasn’t easy, but the fine folks over at Chapel of the Flowers cleared it with a couple of couples and then invited us to their ceremonies. I was peronally hoping for an Elvis impersonator as the officiant, but Chapel of the Flowers is far too classy for that.
It was interesting experience (to say the least), documenting this intimate moment amongst people we had only met five minutes prior. The chapel has its own house photographers, so we were not there as the main photographers. It was important to everyone (including us) that we stay out of the way. This made me feel like a real fly on the wall, and so I really did have a blast.
Here are the shots from the two ceremonies we were present for. First up, Amber and JW, who flew to Vegas from Mississippi to get married:
And then, not a half hour later, Tracey and Craig showed up to renew their vows. They came all the way from the UK!
